Donald Fisher

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If You Build a Movie Theater in the Presidio, Will They Come?

Off-Base (Part II)

The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

SF Supervisor Aaron Peskin's Message to Newsom: Quit Attacking Me!

The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

Governor Newsom?

Not likely, given his lack of spine in opposing the initiative promoting more parking

Profits for Developers Initiative

Take a closer look at this truly awful measure funded by Don Fisher before signing on

Stealth Dollars

Questionable political donations are flowing into the city's most controversial political race

Letters to the Editor

July 5, 2006

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Filling the Civic Gap

Meet Donald Fisher, the private billionaire with unprecedented sway over ordinary San Franciscans' lives

Believe It or Not!

Let's get beyond the balderdash and take a closer look at the motivations behind some political campaigns

Tilting at Political Windmills

Some people, like attorney Paul Melbostad, just don't know when to quit. Bully for him.

Pretty Rowdy in Pink

How some ladies from S.F. will harass Hillary Clinton into being the tipping point against the Iraq War

S.F. Hosing Authority

City government promised Katrina victims a haven, then it gave some of them the shaft

Anus, Already

Uniquely positioned to exert positive influence on public debate, San Francisco's business lobbies instead choose to act like, well, assholes

Side Dish

Mommy, What's a Harry?; Harry's Spring Fashion Preview, Spills and Thrills

Letters

Mommy, What's a Harry?; Harry's Spring Fashion Preview, Spills and Thrills

The Merger's Tangled Web

Mommy, What's a Harry?; Harry's Spring Fashion Preview, Spills and Thrills

Falling for the Gap

San Francisco gave away the store to help The Gap Inc. and its politically connected chairman build an upscale headquarters with a bay view. But more than $18 million in subsidies apparently won't bring the city anything it couldn't have had free.

Ideal Location Found For Itinerant Fisher Collection -- At Its Current Gap, Inc. Site

Don't scream -- there's a perfectly sound place to put all Don Fisher's art: Where it already is.Kudos to the Chronicle's John King for today's scoop on Donald Fisher's decision to abandon his contentious plan to house his modern art collection at the Presidio National Park. "Doris and I will take s ... More >>

'Gavin' Pants, Like Politician, Have Seen Better Days

Look closely Below the words "Banana Republic." These are "Gavin" model dress pants​When pants are no longer useful to their owner, they may end up on a rack  at a store operated by Goodwill Industries International, Inc.When politicians are no longer useful to constituents, they end up in th ... More >>

At SFMOMA, Donald Fisher's Art Collection Proves Surprisingly Diverse

Andy Warhol, Triple Elvis, 1963​During his lifetime, Gap founder Donald Fisher was rightfully heralded as a visionary and an entrepreneur of the highest caliber - someone who turned a single store on San Francisco's outskirts into a billion-dollar operation that, under the "Gap," "Old Navy" and ot ... More >>

Schoolhouse Rocked: S.F.'s Most Controversial Charter School Throws Off For-Profit Masters

Andy Warhol, Triple Elvis, 1963​During his lifetime, Gap founder Donald Fisher was rightfully heralded as a visionary and an entrepreneur of the highest caliber - someone who turned a single store on San Francisco's outskirts into a billion-dollar operation that, under the "Gap," "Old Navy" and ot ... More >>